Embankment dam breach analysis encompasses the investigation and modelling of failure mechanisms in earthen structures that retain water. Research in this field addresses both the physical and ...

BARRY COUNTY, Mich. — Nearly a year after an earthen spillway near the Irving Dam failed, repairs are about to begin. Contractors were scheduled to start this week. Weather permitting, the repair will ...

Garrison harks back to the era of mega public works projects. It was one of six dams built on the upper Missouri River in ...

Originally built in 1958, the Priest Rapids Dam is a composite structure with a center-channel spillway and powerhouse and a left and right embankment. Through proactive hazard identification modeling ...